For some, these are the boom times: 401(k)'s are surging, the stock market has hit an all-time high. But drive just 350 miles from the nation's capitol and the conversation isn't about how to get rich ...

Tensions are rising in an Eastern Kentucky community over whether the county government will permit construction of a 450-acre, privately owned and operated landfill on an abandoned surface mine.

Korba, Coal India's Gevra mine will become the world's top coal-producing mine next year by achieving the output of 63 million tonnes, surpassing the US mines, a top official said on Sunday. Gevra ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed new modeling tools to evaluate whether thousands of abandoned U.S. coal mines could serve as underground reservoirs for pumped storage ...

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Nearly 50 years after it was discovered that an estimated 4,500 barrels filled with toxic waste were dumped and buried on a 650-acre strip mine in northwestern Washington County, federal environmental ...

President Trump ran for office promising to restore a future for coal in the U.S. He now has new hardware confirming his status as a top industry ally: a trophy hailing him as the "Undisputed Champion ...

Located in the Superior National Forest of northern Minnesota, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is one of the nation’s most popular and accessible Wilderness Areas. Home to Northwoods ...

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Congress might end a ban on mining near the Boundary Waters. Here’s what to know. Efforts overturn the ban in Superior National Forest may come to fruition in late February. A rollback could send a ...